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No. 332,165. Patented Dec; 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. ROSEBAUGH, OF FREMONT, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THF FREMONT CULTIVATORCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332.165, dated December8, 1885.

Application tiled September 9, 1885. Serial No. 176,630. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. RosEBAUGH, a citizen of the United States,vresiding at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cultivators of the kind shown in the patent toM. Bruner, Jr., No. 100,720, dated March 15, 1870 5 and it consists inthe detailed construction of the parts, hereinafter fully described andclaimed, by which the plow-beams are connected to the framing of thecultivator, and by which the main standards are connected to theplowbeams.

In the drawings, Figure I is a side view of the plow-beam, mainstandard, and portions of the framing of a cultivator embodying myimprovements. Fig. II is a detail end view of one of the brackets bywhich the plow-beam is connected to the framing. Fig. III is a plan viewof the plow-beam, looking downward from above. Fig. IV is a detail endview of the plow-beam, showing the main standard attached to it. Fig. Vis a detail side view of the end of one of the main standards removedfrom the plow-beams.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A is the side bar, to which the cultivatoraxle is secured. Two of theseside bars are used, and are joined together by suitable cross pieces andstays, so as to make a secure framgB is one of the plow-beams, whichconsists of two parts coupled together at the front end by means of thecollar b and bolt b,which also secure the curved draw-bar C firmly tothe said plow-beam. The rear ends of the two parts of which the saidplow-beam is composed are made to diverge, and the lower end of the mainstandard D is pivoted between them. The draw-bar Gis pivoted to the sidebar, A,

by means of the bracket E and pin e. The bracket E is securely fastenedto the side bar, A, by means of the bolts e', and is also kept inposition by the lugs e2, which bear against the side of the said bar.The upper end ot` the draw-bar is provided with a hole through which thepin e passes. This hole is made considerably larger than the pin, sothat the draw-bar may have Very free play in all directions. The bracketE is provided with six vertical flanges, e3. The spaces between themiddle and outer flanges form three separate bearing places at which thedraw-bar may be attached. The intermediate spaces are filled in withmetal, forming distance-pieces e4. Additional bearing places can beformed, if required, by correspondingly increasing the number of thevertical flanges and distancepieces. The position of the plow-beam canbe adj usted laterally by coupling the draw-bar to the pin e at one oranother of the three bearing places in the bracket E, as foundconvenient. rower than the spaces between the flanges e3, so that italways may have great freedom of movement, and be easy to couple oruncouple.

D is the main standard by which the plowbeam is guided in all itsmovements. This standard is pivoted at the top to the standardrod d,which is attached to the framing of the cultivator, and is moved by thehand of the operator,who sits behind and grasps it about the middle ofits length. The lower end of the main standard D is pivoted to theplowbeam by means of the bolt or pin F, which passes through the twodiverging ends of the said plow-beam and the lower end of the mainstandard,which is placed between them. The diverging ends of theplow-beam are thus prevented from spreading too far apart.

In order that the end of the main standard may turn easily upon the pinF, the hole through it is made considerably larger than the pin, and twoplates, d, are provided and fastened to the sides of the main standardby screws or rivets d2. These plates are provided with a central hole ofthe same size as the pin F, and form the real bearing of the end of thesaid main standard upon the pin. The heads of the screws or rivets dlare countersunk into the plates d', so that the said plates may pre- Theend of the draw-bar is made nari IOO sent a 1eve1 side bearing surfacewhere they distance-pieces e4, forming se1z arate bearing come incontact with the plow-beam. places for the attachment of the saiddraw-bar,

Having thus described my invention, what substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- Intestimony whereof` Iafx my signature in 5 ters Patent, ispresence of twowitnesses.

In a oultivator, the combination of the piowv JOHN C ROSEBAUGHW beam B,provided with the curved draw-bar l C, the side bar, A, and the bracketE, securely Witnesses:

fastened to the said side bar, and provided E. F. DIOKINsON, 1o with thepin e, the vertical flanges e3, and the VENELIA CONKLIN.

